MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 March 1965
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/APN-108
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Ltd Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: GPL Division - General Precision Inc. (84347)
under normal operation. In memory mode of operation,
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
the radar accepts dynamic values of groundspeed and
drift angle from the BNS. The radar set is completely
The AN/APN-108 is an airborne, doppler radar,
automatic and operates in normal mode over any
groundspeed and drift angle measuring equipment. It is
surface except stretches of smooth water.
designed to provide accurate groundspeed and drift
angle data for a bombing-navigational system (BNS)
AN/APN-108: 1